| # | Name | Comments |
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| 251 | Kevin cummins | |
| 252 | Forest Badger | From this Retford United supporter - Well Done to the Board of FCUM & Curzon for taking this stand against the Unibond League and it's autocratic decision making that reneges on previous assurances.
This is diabolical and shows the Unibond heading the same way as The Premier League and Sky with the media moguls running top flight football in this country.
Wake up and smell the coffee Unibond, the true supporters of member Clubs do not want this, you are only doing it to satisfy the armchair audience with your, at best shambolic, "Broadband TV" coverage.
Keep It at 3pm - Respect the Clubs - Respect the Fans
Phil
Come On You Badgggaaaaahhhhhssssss ! |
| 253 | Anonymous | tut tut tut |
| 254 | Anonymous | tut tut tut |
| 255 | Sean Passant | This is exactly the reason FC United was set up, fans have had enough of being dictated to by TV companies. It's our game and we alone have the power to control and shape it's future. |
| 256 | Sean Gregory | Please listen to the view of the fans. The fans are football, not the TV companies. |
| 257 | mark baker | hasta la victoria siempre |
| 258 | Chris Wrigley | Not having to put up with this sort of thing is just the reason why I watch this level of football. Please do not start turning it into just another version of the over-hyped professional game. |
| 259 | stephen Riley | This is a disgraceful action by unibond, it goes against all assurance that it would not happen. I would urge:
The league to reconsider their action.
The fans of both FC United & Curzon to Boycott the game Both live & TV
The teams to do their utmost to disrupt the game any way possible( coming out late, taking over long at dead balls etc)
Fans of all other Unibond sides to Boycott all uibond products. |
| 260 | stephen Riley | This is a disgraceful action by unibond, it goes against all assurance that it would not happen. I would urge:
The league to reconsider their action.
The fans of both FC United & Curzon to Boycott the game Both live & TV
The teams to do their utmost to disrupt the game any way possible( coming out late, taking over long at dead balls etc)
Fans of all other Unibond sides to Boycott all uibond products. |
| 261 | George Baker | 3pm |
| 262 | Ray Calthorpe | |
| 263 | duncan reed | the changing of kick off times is one of the main things that is wrong with football. Especially at this level - it is an absolute joke to make a match 12:45! If they want to broadcast it - why not do it at 3? it wont clash with anythign! |
| 264 | Anonymous | |
| 265 | Anonymous | |
| 266 | graham chipp | leave our non-league football as it is!!
3pm on a saturday afternoon is the place for football, not lunchtime!! |
| 267 | D Moran | |
| 268 | Kieran White | |
| 269 | Michael Thwaites | What a joke that its come to this. |
| 270 | Dennis Shannon | This is another kick in the teeth for the working class fans who keep the game of football going. The match going fan is once again treated as an afterthought by the pople who are supposed to run the game in the best interests of all. i for one will no longer be treated in this way and will boycott a game that would have been one of the highlights of the season. I hope the people who made this decision are proud of themselves! |
| 271 | w.grisenthwaite | |
| 272 | FCUM PASSION | 3pm on a Saturday-It's only natural!!! |
| 273 | d mckeown | |
| 274 | Steven Killeen | |
| 275 | josh lantham | pathetic reasoning by the unibond - you should be ashamed.. |
| 276 | Bethan Cotter | Sky have helped ruin big time football for a lot of people with stupid o'clock kick off times Now Unibond want to follow suit |
| 277 | Terry Ohalloran | |
| 278 | LUHFC | Chelsea of the Non-League, throwing their weight about again
LUHFC |
| 279 | Chris_hemp | |
| 280 | Dylan Shaw ;-) | 'King Hell Looneybond!!! Pull your fingers out - or are they stuck with No Nails? - When FC come out to play, it's 3 pm on a Saturday - understood? Why satisfy the needs of 48 or so internet viewers when you obviously don't care about the possible 3,000 or so who would have attended this game - remember it is being played during a HOLIDAY period - that's nearly 2 grand Curzon will effectively lose for the sake of £400 pocket money off you Charlie Hunts. Thing is - Curzon won't lose out financially now following their support of FC in this. FC will play them in a Fun Day Friendly later and they will recoup their losses whereas Looneybond will have Donald Ducked it up for themselves. Woe betide the NPLTV cameramen if the Men In Pink turn up for this one. FORZA FCUM & CURZON - YCSYFNNUYA ( no nails ) :-) |
| 281 | Keano4taoiseach | |
| 282 | Anonymous | when fc utd come out to play its 3 o'clock on a saturday |
| 283 | Anonymous | when fc utd come out to play its 3 o'clock on a saturday |
| 284 | belper red | |
| 285 | Lasse Lukacs | I'm pretty sure the internet works at 3 o'clock too |
| 286 | Anonymous | more exploitation of the fc cash cow |
| 287 | Anonymous | chelsea of non league eh?
dont we fund ourselves? |
| 288 | Bladder-RED | unibond 'FCUM' |
| 289 | Anonymous | |
| 290 | issac hunt | is this the begining?
lets get our game back
forza fcum! |
| 291 | Kevin Riley | I'm with the board on this and will not be attending the game. |
| 292 | Roy Williamson | Part of the disallusionment with Premier League football was been asked to turn up at daft o'clock because of TV. Do you think I dropped 10 divisions on principal to be treated the same? I won't be there. |
| 293 | lawrence beedle | |
| 294 | Anonymous | number 242 i like what you are saying. this is the death of non league football if they are taking the same lines as sky in the premiership... |
| 295 | The Outlaw | BAD>BAD >NEWS |
| 296 | Sharon cooke | It would have been a great game, between Christmas and New Year, too, but sometimes you have to sacrifice a little to for long term benefits. I will not be going. |
| 297 | FAO comment 292 | FAO Comment 292 - You may have been disillusioned, but us (real) fans who have supported non-league teams all our lives are not - No wonder you were hated in the NWCL for throwing your weight around - Twats |
| 298 | Pauline England | |
| 299 | . | THE TRUTH
In respect of Invision Broadcast Media’s request to the board of the Unibond League to feature the fixture between Curzon Ashton and FC United of Manchester with a 12:45 kick off on the 29th December 2007 and the subsequent statement issued by the board of FC United of Manchester, the board of Invision would like to make the following statement.
To feature this game was a decision taken in line with the full programme of games, some of which will be shown live early Saturday afternoons throughout late December and January
Prior to the start of the current football season, John Warrington of Invision met with FCUM chairman Andy Walsh and Mike Kirwin, whose attendance was to represent the interests of FCUMTV. This meeting was to discuss how NPLTV could affect the development of FCUMTV and how the club and its TV channel could work with Invision. At this meeting John Warrington was also informed that the club were worried that live screenings of FCUM home fixtures could cause a reduction in attendances of FCUM home games which in turn, would have an impact on its commercial arrangements with Bury FC in respect of its ground lease deal.
During this meeting and subsequent discussions Invision agreed with FC United the following.
1. That it would assist FCUMTV in helping to keep their programme on Channel M
2. That NPLTV would not cover any home FCUM games before Christmas.
The board of Invision would like to stress that it worked hard to help FCUMTV keep it’s show on Channel M and gave the channel permission to use at no cost, footage of FCUM matches as long as NPLTV could have access to the same footage.
The board of Invision has also kept its promise not to broadcast any home FCUM games before Christmas.
Further, Invision also granted permission to Mike Kirwin for FCUMTV to film FCUM away fixtures and broadcast them on FCUMTV, subject to certain conditions.
Therefore the board of Invision is dismayed at the attitude of the board of FCUM and that no proper discussions were held before the board of FCUM released its statement and called for a boycott of this fixture, particularly since Invision has shown nothing but a spirit of cooperation to FCUM and FCUMTV.
The board of Invision would like to categorically state that at no time were any promises made in respect of changing kick-off times on a Saturday. The only assurances made in respect of transmission times were
1. A fixture would not be moved from a Saturday to another day of the week for television purposes
2. No Saturday 15:00 games would be screened live.
This second assurance had to be given because of UEFA rule 48 which bans the transmission by any medium of a game kicking off at this time.
Therefore the key point put forward by the board of FCUM against moving kick-off times and broken promises is invalid simply because no promises were ever made. If either Andy Walsh or Mike Kirwin had requested such assurances, the board of Invision would like to state unequivocally that such assurances would not have been given.
Invision received a copy of two letters sent out by the Unibond league to all clubs in August and November. Neither letter contains anything that could be even closely interpreted as a promise that kick off times would not be moved to accommodate NPLTV.
For the record, Mr Warrington met with Alan Allcock and Mark Harris of the Unibond League in early November to choose the matches for broadcast in December. It was agreed that the time was right to introduce live Saturday matches into the NPLTV schedule.
Generally match selections are decided by broadband connectivity at grounds and how many times a club has appeared. It has been a policy when selecting matches that as many clubs as possible share in the revenue and that no one club becomes a regular on NPLTV.
For live Saturday broadcasts, it was also decided that only matches between two neighbouring teams would be selected. This was to negate the impact of different travelling times for supporters as much as humanly possible.
The preferred game that fitted all of the criteria on the 29th December was the game between Curzon Ashton and FCUM. At no time during this meeting was there any discussion about potential publicity because the game involved FCUM. The game was picked solely because it was the only one that fitted the criteria for the screening of a live game on a Saturday and any suggestion to the contrary is wrong and without foundation.
The board of Invision would far prefer not to have to request changes to kick-off times. But until UEFA rule 48 is changed there is no alternative. However Saturday games will only be selected for transmission if the criteria meet that as set out by the Unibond League.
For the record Mr Warrington was contacted by Andy Walsh when the league had notified FCUM that the kick off time was to be changed. At the time Mr Warrington was out of the country and requested that they have a discussion upon his return. Mr Warrington is disappointed that Andy Walsh did not wait for him to return to the country to have this discussion when the background to the decision to select this particular fixture could have been properly explained.
The board of Invision is disappointed that FC United have recommended to their supporters to boycott attending the fixture at Curzon Ashton. However while recognising and respecting the ethos of the club, it feels that the reasons for this boycott are groundless because the supporters of FCUM have not been made aware by its board of all of the facts surrounding not just this game, but the agreed timescale of the development of NPLTV which were set in motion long before FCUM gained promotion to Unibond League North.
Invision would like to publicly express its thanks to the Unibond League for its support in this matter. Invision works very closely with the Unibond League and its various committees which are all made up of individuals who have dedicated a huge amount of time for the development and the betterment of the Unibond League.
NPLTV has proved to be extremely successful since its launch as Unibond TV in January of last year and is now attracting 15,000 visitors per week from all around the world. This has enabled us to keep the service totally free since August and in closing the board of Invision would like to thank the many, many supporters who have taken the time to write to us and express their support of this initiative.
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| 300 | Anonymous | discraceful!! |